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Anthropology

Introduction to Library Research

Basic Reference Resources

Abstracts in anthropology Index GN1.A15 (Reading Room)
Anthropological resources : A guide to archival, library and museum collections REF GN14.A77 1999
Cambridge encyclopedia of human evolution REF GN281.C345 1992
Countries and their cultures REF GN307.C68 2001
Cultural anthropology: A guide to reference and information sources REF GN42.K5 2007
Dictionary of anthropology REF GN307.D485 1997
Encyclopedia of anthropology REF GN11.E63 2006
Encyclopedia of Buddhism REF BQ128.E62 2004
Encyclopedia of Christianity REF BR95.E47 2005
Encyclopedia of cultural anthropology REF GN307.E52 1996
Encyclopedia of Hinduism REFBL1105.J56 2008
Encyclopedia of human evolution and prehistory REF GN281.E53 2000
Encyclopedia of mummies REF GN293.B75 1998
Encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology REF GN307.E526 1996
Encyclopedia of world cultures REF GN 307.E6
Ethnic groups worldwide REF GN 325.L46 1998
Historical dictionary of Shinto REF BL2216.1 .P53 2002
History of physical anthropology REF GN50.3 .H57 1997
Human relations area files bibliography REF H62.H8
International bibliography of anthropology INDEX GN1.I54
Introduction to new and alternative religions in America REF BL2525.I58 2006
New encyclopedia of Islam REF BP40.G42 2008
New encyclopedia of Judaism REF BM50.E63 2002
Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life REF GN333.W67 1998

*REF indicates a print resource located in the Reference stacks on the 1st Floor of the Fogler Library.

Finding Books and Articles

Use the following online catalogs to find books, videos, microforms etc. on your topic:

URSUS - our catalog
Maine InfoNet (Maine statewide catalog)

To search for journal articles relevant to your topic use the following online databases:

Abstracts in Anthropology
Find abstracts of articles related to cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics
Academic Search Premier
Access peer-reviewed articles from about 4,000 scholarly journals
America: History and Life
Resources about the United States and Canada from prehistoric times
Anthropological Index
Indexes more than 600 periodicals covering archaeology, ethnomusicology, physical and cultural anthropology, and human biology
AnthroSource
Articles from scholarly anthropology journals
eHRAF World Cultures
Collection of documents about cultures from all over the world
JSTOR
Archive of full-text articles from scholarly journals
Lexis-Nexis
Full-text documents from about 6,000 sources such as newspapers,
Project Muse
Database of full text articles from scholarly periodicals
Sociological Abstracts
Documents from about 2,600 journals

If you already have a citation or just want to browse the contents of a specific journal, use URSUS to find out if we subscribe to it, what format it is in and the dates of coverage.

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